Severe Foot Pain after Injury

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You are not going to find my impressions and comments directly helpful to the imminent mitigation of your complaints, but it is my hope and purpose that others who read this, even if not you, might take heed of your unfortunate situation and see similarities to their own situations which may not yet be beyond redemption and take proper action.

There is no way that I can comment on the propriety of your care to date, as I have only your view of the events and have no actual basis for knowing whether or not, from a medical point of view, they accurately reflect what actually occurred. What I clearly hear, or at least infer, is a patient who has not taken the "bull by the horns" so to speak in effectively advocating for herself. My reading of your scenario depicts a patient who, from both the get-go and from subsequent events, was well aware that she was not receiving the quality of care which she had expected, and yet, as evidence by your ensuing statement and claimed results, did insufficient to see to it that such care as desired and required was delivered.

Clearly I do not fault you for failure or treatment, but only how seemingly ineffectively you managed those doctors in your employ in respect to obtaining better care. I understand that, as with many workers compensation cases in which care is often dictated by third parties more interesting in mitigating their losses than in providing the best of treatment, a patient or his/her advocate must push and assert his/her rights. Because of that, I would hope, but suspect you had not, engaged an attorney to look after and assert your interests, just as your employer or its insurer have theirs and that you have not already signed away any of your rights. My advice is that if you haven't already done so, that you consider seeking professional legal assistance in pressing your case. You would be surprised how the threat of legal action can rehabilitate even the most unwilling of insurers.